The blood runs dry
The doctrine of lust, ambition, greed
The never sated urge to
feed
Disguised by those who will devour
And walk the corridors of
power
The windows dressed with
words they preach
There’s little substance
in their speech
And yet the oratories
prevail
The Times, The Express, The
Daily Mail
The Sun beams down on the
lowest soul
The worker shrugs and
digs his hole
And never stops to wonder
why
The vampires suck
The man bleeds dry
The nurse assists those
lying sick
She’s all alone and must be
quick
The labouring mother’s
turned away
There’s no bed on the
ward today
The ill-informed will
name and shame
The need to hate, the
need to blame
The single mother
vilified
The poor and needy help
denied
And those who are led
still mesmerised
And those who are broken
more despised
And the masses fight
(that’s you and I)
The vampires suck
The woman bleeds dry
A policeman's death is a young
man’s kicks
Been smoking dope since
the age of “Six”
A beaten alcoholic dies
In a high street doorway where he lies
Failures borne of
childhood fears
In competition with their
peers
Search for food under
dustbin lids
So it’s been said of
hungry kids
Elected politicians say
“Austerity’s the only way”
A beggar ignored by
passers by
The vampires suck
The child bleeds dry
An oil well burns a
fracker drills
A missile’s fired a terrorist
kills
A family crawling on its
knees
Joins the ranks of
refugees
The destitute in endless shifts
Cross seas in overcrowded skiffs
Their futures faced no
doubt in fear
For many are not wanted
here
Though none of them had ever planned
To be the scapegoats of
this land
The powerful propagate the
lie
The vampires suck
The world bleeds dry
